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At the drivers' briefing before the start of the Six-Hour Race B.R.S.C.C. Secretary Nick Syrett cast a doleful eye towards the empty car parks and said to the assembled drivers…

Jaguar's US appeal Sir, As an Englishman presently living here in California, I was very interested to read your article "Jaguar — On the way back" in the September issue…

The MCC Exeter 'Trial On January 5/6 the MCC held its 62nd "Exeter" Trial, an event dating back to 1910. That these unique classic trials have lost none of their…

Mike Hawthorn was crowned World Champion 50 years ago. As a successor, Lewis Hamilton couldn’t be more different. But have they anything in common? Exactly 50 years after Mike Hawthorn…

The 2009 F1 calendar remains in a state of flux after financial issues forced both the Canadian and French GPs to be dropped. In October the FIA issued a revised…

Engine : Four cylinders, 82.5 by 79.5 mm. (1,703 c.c.). Push rod-operated o.h. valves. 7.8-to-1 compression-ratio. 59 b.h.p. at 4,400 r.p.m. Gear ratios : First, 11.67 to 1; second, 6.75…

Clever of Sotheby's to have a sale devoted entirely to the effects of the early aviator S F Cody. In January they auctioned his clothes, pistols, art-work, posters, propellers, kites,…

Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon-day sun. But on January 11/12th it was VSCC members out all night on the annual Measham navigation event, based in Hereford.…

Unlike the Earls Court Motor Show, which is terribly tied up with the British Motor Industry and their trade union, the S.M.M.T., who only allow approved people who make the right…

From Sir Ralph Millais, Bt. A Tricky Repair Sir, When I brought my Tipo B Alfa Romeo engine block to Messrs. Angell & Williams for repair, I was initially told…

Your flexible friend! From my viewpoint, the difficulty with enthusing over Classic cars is that cars change so quickly. What seemed an outstanding motor car some years ago soon pales…

Some off-roaders have ever more serious limousine aspirations… This is no cheap Range Rover alternative. The Mitsubishi Shogun 3.5 V6 is by no means inexpensive. It is comfortable, willing, well-appointed…